Gage-knife



(N0 lliodel S. F. ROBBINS.

' GAGE KNIFE.

No 546,058; A Patented Sept. 10, 1895.

AN DREW B.GRAHAM. FHOTO-UYHQWASHING'IUR 01G,

NI'IE SAMUEL F. ROBBINS, OF LANGI-IORNE, PENNSYLVANIA.

GAGE-KNIFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,058, dated September 10,1895.

Application filed October 24, 1892. Serial No. 449,878. (No model.)

Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gage Knives, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, of which-- Frame 1 1s a side elevation of the invention;

and Fig. 2 a sectional view on line w 00, Fig. 1.

This invention consists of a knife made of a single piece of wire, the blade being forged and the handle being formed by bending a portion of the wire in a loop, its free end being secured to the main limb of the loop by turning the same around the latter adjacent to the rear end of the blade and having the free end of the wire, after being bent around the main limb of the loop, as recited, continued along and near the edge of the blade, so as to leave a space between it and the blade, and the end bent up so as to engage the edge of the blade, thereby forming a guard and adapting the knife to be used for paring poitfitoes, &c., and cutting thin slices of vegeta- Referring to the annexed drawings, I take the piece of wire, usually steel, of suitable length and forge out, preferably cold, the blade A. I then bend the wire into a loop, as shown, to make the handle B. I finally twist the free end of the wire closely around the main limb of the loop near the rear end of the blade,whereby it, (the wire,) is firmly secured, and after the handle has been made, as above described, I continue the free end D of the wire, Figs. 1 and 2, along the blade adjacent to its cutting-edge, as shown, and bend inwardly and upwardly back of the blade the extremity of the wire at E so as to form a rest for the edge of the blade, thereby maintaining the wire in place. The part D forms a guard which, standing out a short distance from the edge of the blade, gages the depth of the cut in paring and slicing vegetables, &c.

I am aware of the fact that paper-cutters have been made of an integral piece of wire, a portion of the wire being bent into a loop, the latter being afterward covered with a sheet metal to form the handle and at the same time holding the unsecured end of the Wire of the loop in place.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A knife formed of a single piece of wire, having its blade forged out therefrom, and the wire bent to form a looped handle, the wire be ing bent around the main limb of the loop and its free end extended along and adjacent to the edge of the blade, and secured thereto, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL F. ROBBINS. Witnesses:

I'I. ALFORD Boees, WALTER G. Poster. 

